Know what you mean about the bloody sneezing, I used to never have nose bleed problems, then 4 days after moving to Los Angeles from St. Louis, went to sneeze and oh boy! Co workers told me "welcome to LA"

Lived in Mohave dessert for about a year, had to use saline nasal spray and biotene quite regularly.

I think this is mostly from recent head cold, was up northern China in a city called Fuzhou, temps down in the 40,s no heat in the apartment, and got a good chill in the sinuses. Started sneezing, took about 4 days to take hold, then a good head cold. Felt like crud, chills, hot spells, green goo coming out of all sorts of orifices, etc. Even settled into my jaw causing a toothache. That was late last week, then had to drive 11 hours to Dongguan. Luckily they have a local brand cold medicine here that works wonders on the symptoms, doesn't dry you out too bad or make you drowsy. Great stuff.

Weather here very dry now so I suspect that only irritated things more. Then dumb me goes for a PET/CT....with a sinus infection. DUH! Sinuses still feel a little screwed up. I really think this is another false alarm, but we'll see what the other tests say.

Thanks for the support guys (and gals!)

Come to Florida where we seldom have low humidity issues.

If it doesn't stop soon, I would insist on a nasal scope...My dr. does it in his office....brings a little kit into the exam room....sprays some numbing stuff up there, greases the tip of the flexible scope, and I never feel a thing. I myself--as a cancer patient--wouldn't wait 6 months to have someone look. It's just too easy, and the costs of missing something are too high. Why not give yourself some peace of mind??

my daughter gets bloody noses real easy esp when heat goes on in the winter ... dries out her nose so quickly... in fact she had one last night and it dawned on me i had not started the daily vaseline yet ... so that is what i am doing as of today ...

doctor told me to put a little vaseline in the nose, using a qtip, to keep it moistened... it worked wonders last year so you may want to try that if you get recurrent bleeds... it is many times just from dried out and sensitive tissues.

Fingers crossed and wishing the best outcome for you.

Many of us have a common birth defect of having veins too close to the surface, inside the nostrils. During dry weather the thin skin over them cracks and they bleed. AC and heat also strip humidity out of the air and that is why I run a cold type humidifier, 24/7, 365 days a year) My H&N doc says rub vaseline to maintain moisture in the area but it also cuts my sense of smell so I tolerate the nosebleeds (this is best applied after a shower to hold the moisture in). An unscented, non petroleum based moisturizer may be something worth trying.

Colds and flu just destroy the delicate balance of things in the nostrils. (by the way there is NO scientific evidence that exposure to cold causes flu or colds). But having spent time in Southern China I would live with a bottle of waterless hand cleaner in my pocket.

I have to agree with you Bob - I would wait until I had no other medical issues, like sinus infections, prior to getting a PET.

Southern China weather is basically tropical - even in the 40's, I would imagine that the humidity is still quite high as it is in the SF Bay Area on most cold nights.

NPC is really rare amongst Caucasian Americans. Being Chinese is a definite risk factor for NPC. EBV is a risk factor, although very slight. Most people will test positive for EBV. It's almost universal in the States, however, only a small amount of people, less than a couple thousand, a year ever develop EBV State-side.

You could have a broken blood vessel in your nasal passage from the dry air. Are you using any inhalers? My dad had something similar happen. We thought it was NPC, but the ENT did a scope and found nothing. MRI confirmed it a week later.

Get the scope. That would be an easy confirmation. An FNA biopsy of the area would be another.

I concur with much of what has been said.

Get the scope done. My former ENT did it every 6 months, and it was not a big deal at all. 5 - 10 minutes, done.

I have the same issues with periodic bleeding during these winter months. Between working in a sealed office building, going out into the cold, etc., my nose is a mess. I also have sleep apnea (which has improved since my treatment, incidentally), and when I use my CPAP, even with the humidifier, I still have issues.

My furnace went out Monday, and I worked from home yesterday while they fixed it. House got down to 48 degrees. I started taking stuff out of the refrigerator to keep it cold. ;-)

LOL good thinking Jeff. I keep the humidity in my house as close to 50 as possible and I have been having no problems with dryness. My Dr does the scope every time I have an appoitment, then I usally see the surgeon that did the implants a week or so later and he does the scope. LOL Could be nasal interiors turn them on lol. J/K they are very caring.

A few years after I took an early retirement from being a Corporate Cubicle Convict, I realized that I was hardly ever getting colds or flu because I just wasn't mixing with infected people every day.